Southern California Close-Ups: The Coachella Valley

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Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times

Dinny, a 150-foot-long apatosaurus, is one of two towering concrete dinosaurs standing guard in Cabazon, at the western gateway to Palm Springs and the other cities of the Coachella Valley. The towering creatures -- the other is Rex, a Tyrannosaurus rex -- were created by sculptor Claude Bell...

Dinny, a 150-foot-long apatosaurus, is one of two towering concrete dinosaurs standing guard in Cabazon, at the western gateway to Palm Springs and the other cities of the Coachella Valley. The towering creatures -- the other is Rex, a Tyrannosaurus rex -- were created by sculptor Claude Bell... (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)